It is you who fails to see the bigger picture. Right now there are about 1/3 repubs, 1/3 dems and 1/3 ind. For the good of the US, we need to win over some ind and dem to our side. When the media puts Akin on TV (and you know he will be their favorite guest), we will lose people to the dems.
Kucinich and al sharpton costs his side votes every day.
Foley cost us dearly in 2006 even though he did not break any laws.
Akin as senator will cost us more than McCaskill as senator.
If I remember correctly Senator Tom Coburn of Nebraska was painted as an extreme right-wing, anti-abortion zealot that could NEVER function in the Senate. Lo and behold, he turns out to be one of the most honest and thoughtful Senators serving today.
Todd Akin will never vote to approve a SC Justice who is not Conservative and Pro-Life. McCaskill will vote for an ultra Liberal, Pro- Abortion Justice. What don’t you understand about that?